oller

/ ˈɒlə /

noun

1. dialect.
   waste ground

Example Sentences

In particular, Oller points out that the number of sounds produced by young chimpanzees is vastly smaller than the number produced by young humans.

From Salon

In a 2013 paper, D. Kimbrough Oller and fellow researchers noted that if it could be shown that the latter type of vocalization occurs in non-human primates as well, it would “suggest deep roots for functional flexibility of vocalization in our primate heritage.”

From Salon

Just as Dr. Oller and his team suggested back in 2013, this suggests that this aspect of language may have evolved in ancestors common to humans and chimpanzees.

From Salon

But not everyone is ready to draw such conclusions — including Dr. Oller, who nevertheless welcomed the new research as the best study that exists on this topic.

From Salon

“We are enormously more complicated in terms of what we can do socially than any other animal,” Oller argues.

From Salon